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LAWRENCEVILLE, Ga. - The 2020-21 Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference volleyball schedule tipped off this past weekend with six of the league's nine teams in action.
After the COVID-19 global pandemic forced the postponement of the traditional fall season, including NCAA Division III national championships, the SCAC created a conference-only spring schedule for its nine volleyball programs, with teams scheduled to play each other in doubleheader weekends over the course of the next 10 weeks.
Competition got underway this weekend although anticipated weather issues did force the cancelation of the Dallas at Southwestern doubleheader.
Among the matches that were contested, St. Thomas swept Texas Lutheran on Friday by the scores of 3-1, 3-0. Sophomore Alaina Lanik led the Celts with 20 kills, averaging 2.86 kills per set and pitched in defensively with 42 digs. Senior setter Kelsie Walker had 47 assists over the weekend as well as four services aces, and senior defensive specialist Kaylyn Latin, the defending SCAC Backrow Player-of-the-Year, had 59 digs. Texas Lutheran junior Madison Weisinger paced the Bulldogs with 26 kills (3.71 per set) in the weekend series while sophomore Lexi Morris pitched in with 52 digs.
Trinity took a pair of 3-0 matches from Austin College on Saturday. Senior Annie Rose Leggett paced the Tigers in the two contests with 28 kills, averaging 4.00 per set while hitting .404 over the weekend. Junior Sara Flynn added 17 kills. Three different Trintiy players had 20+ digs in the two matches, led by the 26 provided by senior and defending SCAC Player-of-the-Year Avery Tuggle. The Tigers hit .295 in the two matches. Austin College got 15 kills from senior Shelbi Cook and 14 more from freshman Spencer Wynne.
Colorado College traveled to Schreiner and picked up a come-from-behind 3-2 victory on Friday before taking a decisive 3-0 win on Saturday. Freshman Isabella Lipacis had a team-high 26 kills (3.25 per set) over the the two matches - including 18 kills and 21 digs in the opener - becoming the first Tiger to post a double-double in her first collegiate match since Kristen Liberty in 2011. Senior Isabelle Aragon-Menzel had 57 assists combined in the two matches and three Tigers had 30 or more digs paced by 33 from senior Rachel Krutz. Schriener sophomore Kayla Lofland had a team-high 19 kills over the weekend and junior Elora Reyes added 36 digs. The two sets the Mountaineers took in the first match were the first two games that Schreiner have taken in its previous 14 matches againts Colorado College.
Next week, SCAC volleyball action continues with Southwestern traveling to Trinity, St. Thomas visiting Colorado College, Austin College taking on Centenary and Texas Lutheran hosting Schreiner.
This Week's Results:
| Date | Away | Home | Status | Links | ||
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| February | ||||||
| Fri. 12 |
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1 |
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3 | Final | |
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Postponed | ||||
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3 |
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2 | Final | ||
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0 |
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3 | Final | ||
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Postponed | ||||
| Sat. 13 |
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3 |
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1 | Final | |
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3 |
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0 | Final | ||
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3 |
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0 | Final | ||
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